WN6 0YX

Shevington with Lower Ground & Moor · Wigan · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wigan
Local authority
Wigan
Constituency
Wigan
Postcode district
WN6
Postcode sector
WN6 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WN6 9RF 209 m
WN6 0PN 267 m
WN6 9RD 416 m
WN6 0PL 424 m
WN6 0SJ 425 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WN6 0YX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WN
Postcode district
WN6
Postcode sector
WN6 0
Latitude
53.595350
Longitude
-2.691914
British National Grid easting
354,303
British National Grid northing
411,196

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Wigan · E08000010
Parish or community
E04000014
Westminster constituency
Wigan · E14001585
Output area
E00032032
Lower layer super output area
Wigan 001B · E01006316
Middle layer super output area
Wigan 001 · E02001287

Postcode source versions

Explore WN6

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Boundary Farm Cottage, Boundary Lane, Wrightington, Wigan, WN6 0YX 14 December 2004 £460,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
22
Secondary
3
  1. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wrightington

    Voluntary aided school

    348 m
  2. My Life Learning

    Special post 16 institution

    579 m
  3. Standish Community High School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
21
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Other theft 6
  • Drugs 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

9 female, 4 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
3.3
WN6 0 residents
15,036

Age bands in WN6 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.2%

2,474 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

1,496 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.2%

3,862 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.5%

4,355 residents

Age 65 and over
20.4%

3,117 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WN6 0 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • STANDISH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    49 HIGH STREET, STANDISH, WIGAN, WN6 0HD

    ODS code P92014

    2.4 km

  • SHEVINGTON SURGERY

    HOUGHTON LANE, SHEVINGTON, WIGAN, WN6 8ET

    ODS code P92017

    2.4 km

  • COPPULL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 ACRESWOOD CLOSE, COPPULL, CHORLEY, PR7 5EN

    ODS code P81033

    3.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Boundary Lane

    BCT · Hunger Hill

    0.1 miles
  • Boundary Lane

    BCT · Hunger Hill

    0.1 miles
  • St Josephs CPS

    BCT · Hunger Hill

    0.3 miles
  • St Josephs CPS

    BCT · Hunger Hill

    0.3 miles
  • Robin Hill Drive

    BCT · Shevington Moor

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wigan 001B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,542 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
9 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

29 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 3 secondary schools. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wrightington is the nearest published school at 348 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

21 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.